Electrical cooking utensil



; March 10, 1931. BRUNHOFF 1,795,830

ELECTRICAL COOKING UTENSIL Filed July 3, 1929 I N VEN TOR.

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UNITED stares PATENT OFFICE HENRY E. BRUNHOFF, OF WYOMING, OHIO ELECTRICAL COOKING UTENSIL Application filed July 3, 1923. Serial No. 375,656.

My invention relates to improvements in The heating member comprises a body of electrical cooking utensil. One of its objects porcelain glass or similar material 24, one is to provide a simple and reliable electrically end 25 of \vl ich forms a broad base or supheated coiiee cooker. Another object is to I t the heating member when detached provide a coffee cooker adapted to be readily om the centaii'ier and inverted as shown in 55 kept clean and in condition for use. Another 'h The opposite end of the body 24 object is to provide in a cotl'ee cooker or simiorms a stem 2-6 projecting down into the lar container, an improved electrical heating uid in the container when seated thereon, member therefor, and one adapted to be readand which stem has Wound upon the exterior 1t) ily separated from the container and having thereof a coil of bare metal Wire 27, for in- 60 a su porting base of its own. Another ob- -ce of nickel wire, nichrome wire, or other ject to provide an improved electrical heate adapted to resist oxidation or corrosion ing member adapted to be detached from the en in for such purpose. container and separately supported, and A annular seat 28 intermediate of the ends 15 which is adapted to prevent iluid adhering to and 26 of the body 24: forms a practically 65 the heating member dripping upon its base or ht joint with the head at the mouth of its supporting member. lily invention also 1h container, thereby supportirx the body 2% comprises certain details 01" form and ar- 21011 the container with the stem and coil rangement and combination of components, immersed in the fluid in the container. 20 all oi which will be fully set forth in the de- The bony 2% is provided with a handle I0 scription of the accompanying drawings in )r ferably 0i heat non-conducting material hi h v which is provided with an electrical switch 1 is a side elevation of my improved 31 at the base thereof adapted to be rotated apparatus. and thereby open or close an electrical cir- Fl 2 is a central vertical section through cuit through the coil 27. The coil 27 has conthe same. siderably electrical resistance while the lead F 3 a side elevation partly in central Wires 32 and from the switch 31 to the ends vertical section the heating member deof said coil are of copper wire or other wire tached from the container and inverted into of large section and small electrical resistits eitsup ertin position, ance, whereby practically all of the heat is S0 The accompanying drawings illustrate one developed in the coil 27, which being in diembodiment of my invention'in which 15 reprect contact with the fiuid in the container, resents a coffee pot or fluid container, prefcauses the fluid to take up and conduct away crably constructed from porcelain, glass or the heat as fast as developed, keeping the 30 similar material adapted to be readily kept coil 27 at appr rimately the temperature of 8 clean and in sanitary condition. The conboiling water or lower, and causing the fluid tainer is also preferably of a material adaptin' container 15 to boil within less than a mined to receive and retain advertising matter ute after the circuit is closed. After the fluid or ornamental design upon its exterior. The has boile for a sutlicient length of time, the 4 container is provided with aspout or pouring circuit is opened at the switch 81, and the lip 16, and a p rforation 17 in which a heating member may be lifted from the strainer member 18 preferably of metal is mouth of the container and inverted and adapted to be detachably secured. The conseated upon any convenient supporting shelf tainer 15 open at the top with an annular or table as indicated in Fig. 3, while the fluid head 20 encircling said opening and is profrom container 15 is poured through the vided with a handle 19, preferably of heat screen 18 and spout 16 for use. non-conducting material, detachably at When the heating member is inverted any tached to the container by means of a bolt moisture adhering to the stem 26 or coil 27 f9 threaded into a nut or metal lined socket flows down into the annular trough 36 wh ere 0 23, carried by the container 15. it is retained and prevented from dripping upon the member 37 supporting the heating member. The leads from the switch 31 to the terminals of the coil 27 are through the body of the member 24-, which serves to insulate the same. The heating member is adapted to be readily kept clean and sanitary, and the container is also adapted to be readily kept clean and sanitary. The container and heating member are both adapted to be constructed at low cost, and are both adapted to receive and display ornamental designs or advertising matter, and the first cost is within the range of useful articles employed as advertising novelties.

The apparatus herein shown and described is capable of considerable modification within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the claims.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a fluid container, a lid for said container adapted todetachably seat upon the open mouth of said container, a stem projecting downwardly from said lid into the fluid contents of said container and provided with an electrical heating member to be immersed in the fiuid contents of said container, said lid being provided with a supporting face, adapted to separately support said lid in an inverted position and an annular drip channel to catch and hold any fluid which may be carried by and flow from said stem when removed from the fluid container and inverted in position.

2. In combination with a fluid container, a lid for said container adapted to detachably seat upon the open mouth of said container, a stem projecting downwardly from said lid into the fiuid contents of said container and provided with an electrical heating member to be immersed in the fluid contents of said container, said lid being provided with a supporting face adapted to separately support said lid in an inverted position, an annular drip channel to catch and hold fluid flowing downwardly from said stem in its inverted position, a lid handle and an electrical switch to open and close an electrical circuit through said heating member.

3. An electrical heater for fluid. containers, composed of a body of non-conducting material having one end formed to seat on a supporting surface so as to sustain the body in a substantially vertical position, electrical heating means on the opposite end of the body for immersion in the fluid, and drip catchin means on the body between the ends thereof to catch and hold drippings upon the body being supported from said first named end thereof.

4. An electrical heater for fiuid containers, composed of a body of non-conducting material having one end formed to seat on a supporting surface so as to sustain the body in a substantially vertical position, electrical heating meanson the'opposite end of the body for immersion in the fluid, drip catching means on the body between the ends thereof to catch and hold drippings upon the body being supported from said first named end thereof, and a handle extending radially from the body at a point between the drip catching means and said first named end of the body.

5. An electrical heater for fluid containers, composed of a body of non-conducting material having one end formed to seat on a supporting surface so as to sustain the body in substantially vertical position, electrical heating means on the opposite end of the body for immersion in the fluid, and a handle extending radially from the body at a point between the ends thereof whereby to enable reversal of the body end for end.

In testimonywhereof I have afiixed my signature.

HENRY E. BRUNHOFF. 

